Everything the ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Has Said About Pete Davidson and Kanye West’s Feud

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Everything the 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Has Said About Pete Davidson and Kanye West's Feud

Standing up for one of their own. Several of Pete Davidson's Saturday Night Live castmates have expressed their support for the comedian amidst his ongoing drama with Kanye West. The rapper has made the King of Staten Island star the target of his social media posts since Davidson started dating Kim Kardashian in October 2021. The Guy Code alum and the Skims founder connected after Kardashian made her SNL hosting debut that same month. In one sketch, the Selfish author played Jasmine to Davidson's Aladdin, and the duo shared an onscreen kiss. “No one really knows what is going on with Kim and Pete,” an insider exclusively told Us Weekly after the twosome were spotted on a group outing at Knott's Berry Farm. “They are just friends right now, but things could turn romantic.” As the pair's budding romance continued to make headlines, West claimed that he had "never" seen divorce papers. “SNL making my wife say ‘I divorced him’ on TV because they just wanted to get that bar off, and I never have seen the papers. We’re not even divorced,” the Grammy winner said during a November 2021 episode of Revolt’s “Drink Champs” podcast. “I want us to be together.” [sendtonews type="float" key="3SlmXO9upq-2832346-14453"] The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum filed for divorce from the Yeezy designer in February 2021, citing irreconcilable differences. One year later, a judge declared the reality star legally single and restored her maiden name. After the split became official, West claimed that Davidson had been texting him to brag "about being in bed" with Kardashian. "I’ve been dragged how she’s not my wife, she don’t have [my] last name and now he's texting me, bragging about how he’s in bed with my wife and I’m like well, ‘Who’s watching my children?’ if he [is] texting me," the "Heartless" singer wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post. In alleged text messages shared by the New York native's friend Dave Sirus later that day, Davidson claimed that he had kept SNL from mocking West on the show. "You have no idea how nice I've been to you despite your actions towards me. I've stopped SNL from talking about or making fun of you which they've wanted to do for months," he allegedly wrote. "I've stopped stand up comedians from doing bits about you cause I don't want the father of my girls kids to look bad out there." Keep scrolling to see what the SNL cast has said about the drama between West and Davidson. [podcast_block]

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Everything the 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Has Said About Pete Davidson and Kanye West's Feud

Standing up for one of their own. Several of Pete Davidson's Saturday Night Live castmates have expressed their support for the comedian amidst his ongoing drama with Kanye West. The rapper has made the King of Staten Island star the target of his social media posts since Davidson started dating Kim Kardashian in October 2021. The Guy Code alum and the Skims founder connected after Kardashian made her SNL hosting debut that same month. In one sketch, the Selfish author played Jasmine to Davidson's Aladdin, and the duo shared an onscreen kiss. “No one really knows what is going on with Kim and Pete,” an insider exclusively told Us Weekly after the twosome were spotted on a group outing at Knott's Berry Farm. “They are just friends right now, but things could turn romantic.” As the pair's budding romance continued to make headlines, West claimed that he had "never" seen divorce papers. “SNL making my wife say ‘I divorced him’ on TV because they just wanted to get that bar off, and I never have seen the papers. We’re not even divorced,” the Grammy winner said during a November 2021 episode of Revolt’s “Drink Champs” podcast. “I want us to be together.” [sendtonews type="float" key="3SlmXO9upq-2832346-14453"] The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum filed for divorce from the Yeezy designer in February 2021, citing irreconcilable differences. One year later, a judge declared the reality star legally single and restored her maiden name. After the split became official, West claimed that Davidson had been texting him to brag "about being in bed" with Kardashian. "I’ve been dragged how she’s not my wife, she don’t have [my] last name and now he's texting me, bragging about how he’s in bed with my wife and I’m like well, ‘Who’s watching my children?’ if he [is] texting me," the "Heartless" singer wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post. In alleged text messages shared by the New York native's friend Dave Sirus later that day, Davidson claimed that he had kept SNL from mocking West on the show. "You have no idea how nice I've been to you despite your actions towards me. I've stopped SNL from talking about or making fun of you which they've wanted to do for months," he allegedly wrote. "I've stopped stand up comedians from doing bits about you cause I don't want the father of my girls kids to look bad out there." Keep scrolling to see what the SNL cast has said about the drama between West and Davidson. [podcast_block]

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Michael Che

West offered to double the "Weekend Update" cohost's salary if he would leave SNL, but the comedian didn't take the bait. "Sorry, Ye, but I would never betray my friends," he wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post in February 2022. "For anything less than TRIPLE salary. That’s right, $90k per year! Full medical. Full dental. Four weeks vacay. Corner office. Plus, a pair of Red Octobers. Size 12. And you gotta make some beats for my band, ‘The Slap Butts.’ What else, what else. And you gotta tell me what you’re gonna wear to work the night before so we can look like twins. You do that for me, and I’ll Rambo that whole building."

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Bowen Yang

"We are supporting him by giving him space," the "Las Culturistas" podcast cohost told Entertainment Tonight in March 2022. "I think he’s just, you know, figuring it out, because I think a lot is out of his control, in terms of people's responses. I think he’s just getting back to his comfort and I think that is the best thing he can do. We are all thinking about him, and we love him so much."

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Chris Redd

In March 2022, the Kenan star said that he would only joke about the musician to a certain extent. "When it comes to Ye, I'm always of the mind that that I'll make fun [of him]," he said during an episode of SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show. "Look, I was raised joking. You clown. You clown people. That's kind of how we come up. We're from the same place. We know the same people, but at the same time, there is a serious layer to that situation that I just won't make fun of. Like, I'm not making fun of his mental health."

He added that he didn't want to make any comments that would make things harder for his costar. "When it's gotten really public and tight, it's just better not to put your friend in a weird situation by antagonizing a situation more than you need to," he explained. "I think Pete's handling it well and you know, he's starting to talk again. ... So I think these jokes gonna start flying soon. You always wanna make sure on both sides of it, even though me and Ye aren't friends, I want the best for that dude too."